Venomous Concept – Kick Me Silly – VC III Review
At this point, probably only about 12% of all musicians anywhere haven’t been involved in a side project with either Shane Embury or Danny Lilker. Or at least, they haven’t yet been involved in one. …
Extreme Noise Terror – Extreme Noise Terror Review
After Phil Vane’s untimely death in 2011, it was unclear what the future would hold for Extreme Noise Terror. The dueling vocals of Vane and Dean Jones had always been one of ENT’s best and …
David Bowie (1947 – 2016): Goodbye Spaceboy
“Happy birthday” turns to “goodbye.” Again. Twice now, in as many weeks. I had seen Motörhead back in October, and it was clear then that something was amiss. So I knew Lemmy would leave us before …
Fucking Invincible – I Hate Myself And Want You To Die
Fucking Invincible’s first full-length It’ll Get Worse Before It Gets Better spent quite a bit of time assaulting my eardrums in the second half of 2015, a beatdown in eleven minutes, spun and spun and …
Cretin – Stranger Review
Cretin is not exactly prolific. It’s been eight years since this California collective’s first album, their only previous full-length, itself delivered a decade after the band’s initial run ended in 1996. That earliest attempt netted …
Killing Joke – Pylon Review
Sometimes we fall in love at first sight. Sometimes it takes a bit longer. We’ve all experienced both: that magic moment that means that everything changes in a second, that life will never be the …
Danzig – Skeletons Review
These days, Glenn Danzig occupies an interesting place in metal. On the one hand – the left one, of course – he’s as much of a legend as just about anyone, and deservedly so. He’s …
Saxon – Battering Ram Review
If you’ve been keeping up with Saxon – and you should’ve been – then you know that they’re still going strong after damn near forty years. 2013’s Sacrifice was proof enough that the old chaps …